Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who is currently embroiled in a controversy over the purchase of his home, has invited his accuser, Tasek Gelugor MP Shabudin Yahya, to a meeting with him to “seek the truth”.

Lim said the meeting on Sunday will be held between him and Shabudin in front of the mass media, so that both “can counter each other with facts and figures”.

“From this one-to-one meeting, Malaysians can judge for themselves who is telling the truth, who is clean and who is making a wild allegation,” he added.

“I want to see the facts Shabudin possess to make such allegations. I have nothing to hide,” he said.

Shabudin, who is Perda chairman, claimed that the value of Lim’s house is higher, accusing the chief minister of corruption during a debate in Parliament yesterday.

But Lim said this was “an arm's length transaction” between him and the seller on a willing-buyer and willing-seller basis.

He added that he purchased the house from a private individual and not a housing developer.

The house in Pinhorn Road is more than 30 years old, and Lim bought it for RM2.8million on July 28, 2015.

He said he purchased the double-storey bungalow by taking a RM2.1 million bank loan, with the balance of RM700,00 paid in cash, based on “what I received as chief minister and elected representative”.

“After seven years as chief minister, I have finally bought a house in Penang,” said the Bagan MP.

“As long as there is no coercion or undue influence, this contract for sale of the house is like a marriage – it is up to both sides to decide what is the right price or who is the right partner,” said Lim, who is also Air Puteh assemblyperson.